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No. 752,146. PATBNTED FEB. 16, 1904.

v I. GSIK.

BLOTTING PAD.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. l0, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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Patented 4February 1c, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

IsTvAN csIK, oF srocKToN, CALIFORNIA.

BLoTTlNe-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 752,146,7dated February 16, 1904. I

Application filed August l0, 1903.

To @ZZ whom it muy concern:

Be it known that I, Is'rvAN GSIK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stockton, in the county of San Joaquin and State of California, have invented a new and useful Blotting-Pad, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to certain improvements in blotting-pads; and it has for its object to provide a blotting-pad in which the blotting-paper can be changed at will and with very little trouble. This object I accomplish by means of spring-clasps and such other devices and combination of devices as will be hereinafter described,and particularly pointed out in the claims appended, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of my improved blotting-pad, showing it ready for use. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the blotting-pad shown in section through X X of Fig. 3 and partly broken out, one clasp being shown pulled back. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the blotting-pad.

Similar numerals 'of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

l is the handle of my improved blottingpad. lat is a screw by which said handle is attached to a metal plate 2 and a wooden bridge 1 3, which plate 2 is preferably of aluminium and which rests on and is attached to the top of the bridge 3 and has its ends constructed to slope at small angles, which angles fit into companion angles 6b in plates 6, hereinafter described. The bridge 3 is flat on its top and has a concave bottom.

4 is a metal plate, preferably aluminium, fastened into the wooden bridge 3 by means of projections 4b, hereinafter described, and curving downward therefrom. 4a represents lugs on same.

4b represents projections on the ends of the plate 4 for the purpose of fastening it into the wooden bridge 3.

5 represents the blotting-paper cut to fit the plate 4. v

6 represents plates attached to thesides of the bridge 3, at the ends thereof, by screws 6, said plates being provided with angle-grooves Serial No. 163,887. (No model.)

6b. A further function of these plates is to provide seats for the axles 6a.

7 represents spring-catches acting in the slots 7b and secured therein by screws 7n.

8 Yrepresents buttons working in slots in the plate 2, which buttons are used to regulate the spring-catches 7 9 represents metal clasps, preferably of aluminium, working on axles 9 and regulated by springs 9c and provided with slots 9b, adapted to engage with the spring-catches '7. Said clasps are provided with slots 9d, adapted to fit over and receive the lugs 4".

The mode of operating my improved blotting-pad is as follows: The spring-clasps 9 are pulled back and caught on the springcatches 7. The blotting-paper 5, cut so as to exactly cover the plate 4, is then pressed onto the lugs 4". The operator then presses the buttons 8 and thus disengages the springcatches 7 from the slots 9b in the spring-clasps 9, and the springs 9c then spring the clasps downward until they engage with the lugs 4a. The blotting-paper is thus held securely fastened to theplate 4, and the pad is then ready for use.

The angle-grooves 6b in the plates 6 are for vthe purpose of engaging with the companion angles on the ends of the plate 2, and thus holding it down and preventing the ends from springing up. The screw l also aids in fastening it to the bridge 3.

The plates 2 and 4 and the clasps 9 are made, preferably, of aluminium, so as to make the pad as light as possible.

I do not desire to limit myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts as hereinbefore set forth, as it is obvious that many modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described .my invention, what VI claim as new and useful, and desire to secure` by Letters Patent, isW

l. ln a blotting-pad the combination of the handle l, thelscrew l, the plate 2, the bridge 3, the plate 4, the lugs 4 and projections 4", the blotting-paper 5, the plate 6, the screws 6, the angle-grooves 6b, the spring-catches 7 the screws 7 the slots 7 b, the buttons 8, the clasps 9 acting on axles 9, the axles 9, the

springs 9c acting on the axles 9, the slots 9,Vv

and slots 9d as set forth.

2. In a blotting-pad the combination of the suitable handle l, the plate 2, the bridge 3, the screw l adapted to connect the handle l and the plate 2 to the bridge 3, the slots 7b centrally located in the ends of the bridge 3, the spring-catches 7 suitably fastened in the slots 7 b by means of screws 7, the buttons 8 acting in the plate 2 and adapted to regulate the spring-catches 7, the plates 6 suitably attached to the bridge 3 by screws 6, the anglegrooves 6b in said plates, the axles 9,seated in the plates 6, the springs 9'3 acting on said axles and regulating the clasps 9, the slots 9b in said clasps adapted to engage with springeatches 7, the slots 91 in said clasps, the plate 4 attached to the bridge 3 and provided with lugs 4 adapted to holding the blotting-paper 5 and engaging with the slots 9, all substantially as set forth.

3. A blotting-pad comprising the combination with a suitable handle, of the plate 2, the bridge 3, the screw l adapted to connect said plate and handle to said bridge, the plate 4 curved downward from said bridge and means for securing said plate to said bridge, the lugs 4 located at the ends of the plate 4, and means for securing the blotting-paper to the plate 4 all substantially as set forth.

4. In a blotting-pad the bridge 3, the slots 7 b suitably located in the ends of said bridge, the spring-catches 7 secured in the slots 7 b by means of the screws 7, the plate 2 suitably attached to the top of the bridge 3, the buttons 8 located in said plate and adapted to regulate the spring-catches 7, all in combination With a suitable means for securing the blotting-paper on said pad.

5. In a blotting-pad of the kind described the combination of the bridge 3, the plates 6 suitably attached to the sides of the bridge 3 at the ends thereof, the axles 9 seated in said plates, the clasps 9 acting on said axles, the springs 9c acting on the axles 9 and regulating the clasps 9, the slots 9d suitably located in the clasps 9 and adapted to engage with any suitable spring-catches, means for disengaging said catches, and a suitable plate attached to the bridge 3 all as set forth.

6. In a blotting-pad the bridge 3, the plates 6 attached to the sides of said bridge at the ends thereof by means of screws 6, anglegrooves 6b in said plates, in combination with the handle l, the plate 2 suitably attached to the top of the bridge 3, the curved plate 4 suitably attached to the bridge 3, and means for securely holding ,the blotting-paper on the plate 4, all as set forth.

7. The bridge 3, the plate 4 suitably -attached to the bridge 3, and curving downward therefrom, the lugs 4 located near the ends of the plate 4, in combination with the plate 2, the handle l, the screw l, and means for holding the blotting-paper on said plate 4 all as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ISTVAN GSIK. Witnesses:

JOSHUA B. WEBSTER, PERCY S. WEBSTER. 

